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How Your Emotions Determine Your Weight by Shawn LeBrun Have you ever had a time in your life when everything was going well, and you felt really good about yourself? Chances are, you were hitting the gym with regularity and getting your daily walk or run in as well. You felt confident and happy and as a result, you enjoyed the process of getting fit. On the flip side, has there ever been a time in your life where things were going so badly that the last thing on your mind was working out and getting in shape? The physical shape you are in is a direct result of your emotional shape. Trying to achieve optimum physical fitness when you are not happy with your life is like trying to dig yourself out of a hole: You do not get very far. How you feel at any given time about yourself and what's going on in your life influences what type of physical shape you are going to be in. When you are sad or depressed, oftentimes food is a comfort that allows you to forget about the problems for a brief time. Unfortunately, when all the food is consumed, you are still left with those same problems. When you are happy and feeling like things are great, food is just thought of as fuel and sustenance and not comfort. When you're generally happy, you do not eat just to fill a void, you eat just enough to satisfy your hunger. When you are sad, you eat just to feel better. So how do you get yourself on a roll and have peace of mind that allows you to enjoy the process of getting in shape? You have to start focusing on all the areas of your life that need improving and be willing to take the steps to change them. When you start feeling better about other areas of your life, you also start thinking of ways to get into shape. You're also more likely to start doing those things and keep doing those things that will help you reach your fitness goals. When you're happy, you actually enjoy the process of working out or going for a run. When you're sad, exercise is the last thing you feel like doing, because your body is in a depressed and sluggish state. You need a period of time in your life where you're willing and able to workout regularly and invest in your fitness. You must also have peace of mind and be generally happy about where your life is. Take out some blank pieces of paper. At the top of one, write "Finances." On another, write "Career." On another, write "Relationships." On another, write Health & Fitness." On yet another, write "Spiritual." Of course, these are just a few of the headings you can have, but at the top of each piece of paper, write out the important areas of your life. Now, under each heading, write out what you want to achieve in each area and what you would have to do to accomplish it. For example, if under "Career" you wrote "Find a new job" you then would write down "Typing out resume, sending out applications, going for interviews, etc." What you're doing is identifying the areas in your life you're unhappy with, and you're taking the steps to change them. When you begin to take action to change the areas of your life you are unhappy about, you'll soon start to feel better about yourself. When that happens, you'll also start to make better choices about your fitness approach and what you have to do to change your body. When you're happy in most of the areas in your life, the process of getting into shape will not be far behind. Trying to get into shape when you are depressed and unhappy is virtually impossible. If you do achieve it, it most likely will not be long-term. So make the commitment to yourself that you're going to look at the areas of your life that you want to improve, and start taking action to change them. As you gather momentum, you'll also begin feeling better about exercise and eating better. It's so much easier to get in shape, lose weight, or be healthy when you're generally happy and feeling good about yourself. ====================================================================== Shawn Lebrun Fitness has one mission—to help you lose fat, gain lean muscle, and get your best body ever! Sign up for the web's most informative fitness free newsletter! http://www.shawnlebrunfitness.com/weight-loss-plan.html

Memories

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An Old Lady's Poem

When an elderly lady died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Dundee, Scotland, it was felt that she had nothing left of any value.

Later, when the nurses were going through her meager possessions, they found this poem. Its quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and distributed to every nurse in the hospital.

One nurse took her copy to Ireland. The old lady's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas edition of the News Magazine of the North Ireland Association for Mental Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on her simple, but eloquent, poem. And this little old Scottish lady, with nothing left to give to the world, is now the author of this "anonymous" poem winging across the Internet.

An Old Lady's Poem

What do you see, nurses, what do you see?
What are you thinking when you're looking at me?

A crabby old woman, not very wise,
uncertain of habit, with faraway eyes?

Who dribbles her food and makes no reply
When you say in a loud voice, "I do wish you'd try!"

Who seems not to notice the things that you do,
and forever is losing a stocking or a shoe . . .

Who, resisting or not, lets you do as you will,
with bathing and feeding, the long day to fill . . .

Is that what you're thinking? Is that what you see?
Then open your eyes, nurse; you're not looking at me.

I'll tell you who I am as I sit here so still,
as I do at your bidding, as I eat at your will.

I'm a small child of ten . . . with a father and mother,
brothers and sisters, who love one another.

A young girl of sixteen, with wings on her feet,
dreaming that soon now a lover she'll meet.

A bride soon at twenty—my heart gives a leap,
remembering the vows that I promised to keep.

At twenty-five now, I have young of my own,
who need me to guide and a secure happy home.

A woman of thirty, my young now growing fast,
bound to each other with ties that should last.

At forty, my young sons have grown and are gone,
but my man's beside me to see I don't mourn.

At fifty once more, babies play round my knee,
again we know children, my loved one and me.

Dark days are upon me, my husband is dead;
I look at the future, I shudder with dread.

For my young are all rearing young of their own,
and I think of the years and the love that I've known.

I'm now an old woman . . . and nature is cruel;
'Tis jest to make old age look like a fool.

The body, it crumbles, grace and vigor depart,
there is now a stone where I once had a heart.

But inside this old carcass a young girl still dwells,
and now and again, my battered heart swells.

I remember the joys, I remember the pain,
and I'm loving and living life over again.

I think of the years . . . all too few, gone too fast,
and accept the stark fact that nothing can last.

So open your eyes, people, open and see,
not a crabby old woman; look closer . . . see ME!

Remember this poem when you next meet an old person whom you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within . . . one day we will be there, too!

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Inspiration

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Who's Your Daddy? A seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One morning they were eating breakfast at a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet, family meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table to table, visiting with the guests. The professor leaned over and whispered to his wife, "I hope he doesn't come over here." But sure enough, the man did come over to their table. "Where are you folks from?" he asked in a friendly voice. "Oklahoma," they answered. "Great to have you here in Tennessee," the stranger said. "What do you do for a living?" "I teach at a seminary," the husband replied. "Oh, so you teach preachers how to preach, do you? Well, I've got a really great story for you." And with that, the gentleman pulled up a chair and sat down at the table with the couple. The professor groaned and thought to himself, "Great . . . just what I need . . . another preacher story!" The man started, "See that mountain over there? (pointing out the restaurant window). Not far from the base of that mountain, there was a boy born to an unwed mother. He had a hard time growing up, because every place he went, he was always asked the same question, 'Hey boy, Who's your daddy?' Whether he was at school, in the grocery store or drug store, people would ask the same question, 'Who's your daddy?' He would hide at recess and lunchtime from other students. He would avoid going into stores, because that question hurt him so badly. When he was about twelve years old, a new preacher came to his church. The boy would always go in late and slip out early to avoid hearing the question, 'Who's your daddy?' But one day, the new preacher said the benediction so fast he got caught and had to walk out with the crowd. Just about the time he got to the back door, the new preacher, not knowing anything about him, put his hand on his shoulder and asked him, 'Son, who's your daddy?' The whole church got deathly quiet. He could feel every eye in the church looking at him. Now everyone would finally know the answer to the question, 'Who's your daddy?'! This new preacher, though, sensed the situation around him, and using discernment that only the Holy Spirit could give, said the following to that scared little boy . . ."Wait a minute!" he said. "I know who you are. I see the family resemblance now. You are a child of God." With that he patted the boy on his shoulder and said, "Boy, you've got a great inheritance. Go and claim it." The boy smiled for the first time in a long time and walked out the door a changed person. He was never the same again. Whenever anybody asked him, "Who's your Daddy?" he'd just tell them, "I'm a child of God." The distinguished gentleman got up from the table and said, "Isn't that a great story?" The professor responded that it really was a great story! As the man turned to leave, he said, "You know, if that new preacher hadn't told me that I was one of God's children, I probably never would have amounted to anything!" And he walked away. The seminary professor and his wife were stunned. He called the waitress over amd asked her, "Do you know who that man was who just left that was sitting at our table?" The waitress grinned and said, "Of course. Everybody here knows him. That's Ben Hooper. He's the former governor of Tennessee!" Someone in your life today needs a reminder that he's one of God's children! "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of God stands forever." ~~Isaiah

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Etcetera

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